Cartridge-indenter



(No Model.)

W. s. TOBIB.

CARTRIDGE INDBNTER.

Patented May 6, 1890.

UNITED- STATES I ATENT 'Fricn." f

WALTER s. TOB-IE, or AUGUSTA, ILLINOIS.

CARTRIDGE-INDENTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,282, dated May 6, 1890. Application filed March 29, 1889. Serial No. 305,258. (No 11101191.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. TOBIE, of Augusta, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Loading Cartridge-Shells, of which the following-is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of cartridge-shell-loading implements which are employed to crimp or indent the wall of the shell-to prevent the starting of the wad after the same has been seated on the shot when the shell or gun containing the shell is subjected to rough usage, the objects of the invention being to provide an implement embodying a plunger or rainmer for seating the wad, in combination with an efficient indenting device for securing the wad in place, which implement shall be simple in design and of such construction as to permit of its being easily operated without the necessity of providing special supports therefor, and of such size and weight that it can be carried from place to place by the sportsmanwithout inconvenience. The invention consists, pri1narily,in asprin gpressed plunger for seating the wad, with a series of arms or indenters arranged around the same, an operating-handle and cam-surfaces for simultaneously operating said indenters when the wad is seated and the resistance of the spring overcome by the downward pressure on the operating-handle.

The invent-ionfurther consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and combina tions and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out, particularly, in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the implement. Fig. 2- is a similar View with a shell being indentedor crimped. Fig. 3 is a sectional view with a shell in position, showing the shape of the indenters. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Similar letters refer to the same parts.

The body portion of .the implement A is preferably hollow and ends in a convenient operating-handle B, a plunger 0 being telescoped into the lower end and held by the setscrew D, passed through the body and into the slot 01 in said plunger, thus permitting the latter to have a limited reciprocating movement in and out of the body portion.

Within the hollow bodyand plunger, which latter is also preferably made hollow, is a coiled spring E, the tendency of which is to keep the plunger extended as far as possible all the while, and the strength of which will gage the force with which the wad will be seated in the shell, it being thus possible to provide implements for seating the wads with greater or less force, as may be necessary for different sizes of shot or the character of the shooting to be done.

A series of indenters or indenting-levers G, preferably three in number, are pivoted on the plunger in any well-known manner, but preferably as shown in the drawings, wherein it will be seen that standards g are formed on the plunger or on a collar g, secured thereon, and the indenters G are pivoted in the ends of these standards, the pivots serving to support the springs H, which keep the lower ends of the indenters normally away from the standard to permit of the ready entrance of the plunger into a shell.

On the outside of the body near the lower end is a cam or cam-surfaces K, which, when the plunger is forced up into the body in seating a wad and the resistance of the spring overcome, engage the rear ends of the indenters and force the lower ends inward against the walls of the shell, causing the same to-be bent inward or indented immediately above the wad.

Portions of the lower end of the plunger corresponding in shape to the lower ends of tlie indenters are cut away, as shown at L,

thus forming sharply-defined indentations,

the character of which will now be more particularly described.

The lower ends of the indenters, it will be seen from Fig. 4, are wedge-shaped with the edge inward, and the openings in the plunger, it will be seen from Fig. 1, are V-shaped, tapering toward the top. Thus when the indenters are forced in, the indentations formed in the walls of the shells are made, tapering from the bottom upward--a shape best calcu- 10o lated to resist the tendency of the wad to force itself outward.

For the sake of insuring a, proper bearing of the lower ends of the indentations on the wad, the lower ends of the indenters are beveled upward slightly at i, and when thrown 5 inward the outer end of the bevel is preferably slightly below the level of the bottom of the plunger, thus Wedging the bottom of the indentation down against the upper surface of the wad and preventing all liability of the starting of the wad inthe slightest degree.

It is obvious that a greater or less number of indenters may be employed, although three, "as-shown in the drawings, have been .found to answer well, and that the details-and arr rangement of the parts of the device may be considerably changed and modified without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not 'WiSh to be limited to the specific structure shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a cartridge-indenting implement, the

combination, with the body port-ion and plungerfconnectcd and movable toward and from 2 5 each other, of theseries of pivoted indenters and cam-surfaces engaging the rear ends for causing their simultaneous inward movement when the plunger is retracted, mounted one "H the body portion and the other on the plunger, substantially as described.

. 2. In a cartridge-indenting implement, the

combination, with-the body portion and the plunger telescoping therewith, of the series of sharpened-indenters pivoted on theplun- 3:5 'ger and the cam-surfaces on the body portion .to cause their simultaneous inward movement, substautially,as described.v

' 3. In a cartridge-indcnting implement, the

combination, withthe body portion and plun- 4o ger having the notches at the end connected andmovable toward and from each other, of

the series of indenters fitting in said notches, and cam-surfaces for causing the simultaneous inward movement of said indenters,

mounted the one on the body portion andthe other on the plunger, substantially as ,described. v v A 4. In a cartridge-indenting implement, the combination, with the body portion having the cam at the lower end, the plunger telescoping therewith, and the internal spring bearing against both the body portion and the plunger, of the series of indenters pivoted on the plunger and engaging the cam on the body, and the springs for holding said indenters outward, substantially as described.

5. In a cartridge-indenting implement, the combination, with the body portion and plunger havingthe substantially V-shaped notches therein, connected and movable toward and from each other, of.the series of movable wedge-sh aped indenters fittin gin said notches and cam-surfaces for moving said indenters,

substantially as described. 6. An indenting-point in a cartridgedndenting implement having the end-"beveled upward, whereby the wad will be wedged downwardwhen the indentation is made, as set forth.

7.. In a cartridge-indenting implement, the

combinatiomwiththe body portion and the plunger having the substantially V-shaped notches therein, of the series of movable indenters having the wedge-shapedand beveled lower ends fitting in said notches, and camsurfaces for moving said indenters, substantlally as described. 

